Lying? There’s an app for that.

For those of you who like seeing blowhards hoisted with their own verbal petard, here’s Steve Jobs, apparently caught lying about something as stupid as why the new iPod Touch didn’t have a built-in camera like the new iPod Nano.

When asked by the New York Times, Jobs said he made the call to keep the price down. But Apple cultists/bloggers heard there was a camera and it was buggy.

Writes Gawker: Hardware website iFixIt took apart the new iPod Touch Jobs was talking about, only to discover a conspicuous gap at the top of the device just large enough for the camera Apple is using on its other new iPod, the Nano:

According to iFixIt: … it appears that Apple left in room for a camera in the top of the device. There is a 6mm x 6mm x 3mm space between the Broadcom chip and the wireless antenna. There isn’t enough depth for an iPhone-style autofocus still camera, but just enough room for the camera that Apple used in the 5th generation iPod nano.

In the grand scheme of things, this isn’t a big deal. But it is worth noting.

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Lying? There’s an app for that.

For those of you who like seeing blowhards hoisted with their own verbal petard, here’s Steve Jobs, apparently caught lying about something as stupid as why the new iPod Touch didn’t have a built-in camera like the new iPod Nano.